Need tips: group of 5 looking for 3-bedroom accommodation
Hi, we're a group of 5 people, including two couples, looking for new accommodation in south Dublin.
Three of us are finishing BA and MA courses next year and one of us already graduated - we lived together in student accommodation up until now but wanted to make that move to private accommodation sooner.
For the past two months, I stayed in Ireland to go to viewings and talk to agents and look for a proper 3-bedroom house or apartment. Our budget is up to 4000€/month so paying wouldn't be an issue as we're covered by our parents, but we haven't been selected by ANY landlord in the past 11 viewings.
We're literally chill, tidy and I know no landlord would actually have a problem with us, but I don't know how to reflect that on paper when sending an application. I'm wondering if the problem is that we're a group of 5, that we're young students and not all in full-time employment or that we're immigrants.
Is there any way we can get better leverage in looking for a place? My lease in my current accommodation is up next week and it's been stressing me out that I'm gonna lose roof above my head simply because I want to live with my roommates in something that's not just for students. Especially if money isn't the problem, it's the assumptions about who we are.